GRE Word List
ENDEMIC
belonging or native to a particular people or country
The meaning of the word endemic is belonging or native to a particular people or country.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| mat | a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |